One person injured in shooting on Chevis Road

(Source: WTOC)

February 11, 2019 at 5:54 AM EST - Updated February 11 at 12:27 PM

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - One person has been taken to the hospital after a shooting on Chevis Road in Chatham County.

A public information officer for the Chatham County Police Department says that a 23-year-old woman was shot and taken to the hospital. The woman was coherent at the time and was suffering from non-life threatening injuries.

Officers say that the two women were walking along the 300 block of Chevis Road shortly after 5 a.m. Monday when one of them was shot.

Chatham County Police detectives are at the scene of the shooting gathering information from residents who live in the area and are also collecting evidence. Police are trying to determine if the woman was shot from a passing car or possibly a residence, neither have been determined or confirmed. Detectives also believe that this is not a random shooting, and believe that the woman shot or her friend may know the suspect.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police.

Officers are taking down police tape and clearing the scene. This section of Chevis Road is now open. We’re working to get more details about this shooting. pic.twitter.com/mAwicFUzml

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